Re: [Harp-L] REASONS NOT TO GO TO SPAH

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I pretty much agree with Randy--every harp player ought to go to SPAH.

Imagine that you play guitar.  (An awful thought, I know--why not just 
sell your soul and be done with it?--but imagine anyway.) Now imagine 
that there's a convention every year where the best guitar players in 
the world gather for several days--people on the level of Hendrix, 
Clapton, Stevie Ray, Segovia; people playing guitar in every style 
imaginable, at the highest level of artistry.  Now imagine that not only 
are these people performing at this show--you can walk right up to them 
and talk guitar until the wee hours of the morning.  There are jams 
where you can sit next to them while they play, and play yourself. 
There are workshops where they tell you what they do and how they do it.

Substitute "harmonica" for "guitar" and that's SPAH.

I go whenever I possibly can.

Regards, Richard Hunter
hunterharp.com
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